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Basic compatibility of Albugo candida in Arabidopsis thaliana and Brassica juncea causes broad-spectrum suppression of innate immunity.
Molecular plant-microbe interactions : MPMI - 1 Jun 2008
Cooper A J, Latunde-Dada A O, Woods-Tör A, Lynn J, Lucas J A, Crute I R, Holub E B
Abstract excerpt
A biotrophic parasite often depends on an intrinsic ability to suppress host defenses in a manner that will enable it to infect and successfully colonize a susceptible host. If the suppressed defenses otherwise would have been effective against alternative pathogens, it follows that primary infection by the "suppressive" biotroph potentially could enhance susceptibility of the host to secondary infection by...
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